Aerospace engineering/Areas of study
General Prerequisites
edit- Basic mathematics - differentials, integrals, basic mechanics, vector algebra, matrices and matrix manipulation, total derivative (for mass and momentum equations, among others)
- Calculus (Wikibook)
- Differential Equations (Wikibook)
- Thermodynamics/Heat Transfer - Zereoth, First, Second and Third Laws, Enthalpy, Entropy, Clausius Inequality and ??, Steady State Equation, Modelling Gas Turbines/Engines, Conduction, Convection, Radiation (Black body, Grey Body)
- Engineering Thermodynamics (Wikibook)
- Circuits/Electronics
- Physics - Forces, Gravity Equation
- Gravity (Wikibook)
Statics
edit- Structural analysis
- Mechanics - Friction on a surface, Rolling bodies, Stability, Pure/Damped/Forced Harmonic Motion, Orbits (reaching orbit, geostationary point, changing orbit, escape velocity)
- Solid Mechanics (Wikibook)
Fluid mechanics
edit- Aerodynamics - Derivation of shear stress on a fluid, perfect gas equation, Bernoulli equation, Langrangian and Eulerian reference frames, control volumes and control surfaces, Conservation of mass up to 3-d, balance of momentum equations up to 3-d, Aerofoils, Circulation, Mach number & Reynolds Number, laminar and turbulent flow, Propulsion & Turbomachinery
Wikibooks
editAircraft Structuresedit |
Materials Science
edit- Material classes - Metals, Ceramics, Composites, Polymers, Ionic and Covalents
- Material microstructure
- Properties of materials - Strength, Stiffness, Young's Modulus, Elasiticity and Modulus of Elasticity, Hardness, Toughness, Electrical Properties?
- Materials selection
- Material processes - Annealing, Quenching, Precipitation Hardening, Case Hardening
- Failure - Fatigue, Creep, Fracture, Case studies (aircraft)
- Composites - matrix and fibers, explanation of directional properties, case studies (carbon fibre, kevlar, fibreglass)
Wikibook
editAircraft Design
edit- Basic aircraft performance - Air density at altitudes, Perfect Gas equation,
- Dynamics and control - Control Surfaces,
Aviation engines
edit- Hydraulic gas dynamics - characteristics of gas flowing through
- Theory of impeler machines - profiling blades of compressor and turbine, multi-stage compressor and multi-stage turbine
- Theory of jet engines - modeling turbojet engines
- Construction of jet engines
Computational fluid dynamicsedit
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